Carrier and cleaner



(No Model.)

J. H. R. WENDEL.

- CARRIER AND CLEANER.

No. 447,173. Patented Feb. 24, 1-891.-

W/T/VESSES:

AfTOR/VEYS UNITED STATES PATENT E icE.

JACOB HUGO R. WENDEL, OF HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

CARRIER AND CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 447,173, dated February 24., 1891.

Application filed October 1, 1890. I Serial No. 366,788. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB HUGO R. \VEN- DEL, of Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Carrier and Cleaner, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The objectof the invention is to provide a new and improved carrier and cleaner which is simple and durable in construction, very effective in operation, and especially designed for conveniently moving spittoons and similar receptacles from one place to another and cleaning the same without the operator soiling hands or dress.

The invention consists of a shaft mounted to turn in a handle and carrying a brush and adjustable arms supported on the said shaft.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same. as will be hereinafter fully described, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to'the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a rear elevation of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the upper part of the improvement. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of the same on the line a: a: of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is asectional side elevation of the movable disk for opening or closing the carrier-arms.

The improved carrierand cleaner is provided with a shaft A, made of suitable length and mounted to turn at its upper end in a suitablyconstructed frame B, provided with a handle C for conveniently carrying the device.

On the lower end of the shaft A is removably secured a brush D, preferably made semispherical, as indicated in the drawings, and

adapted to pass into the spittoon or receptacle to be cleaned. On the shaft A, at thelower end of the frame B, is secured a bevel-pinion E, in mesh with a bevel gear-wheel F, mounted to turn on a stud G, projecting from the frame 13.

On the face of the bevel gear-wheel F is secured a handle H for conveniently turning the said bevel gear-wheel, so as to impart by the pinion E a rotary motion to the shaft A,

thus revolving the brush D. Directly below the bevel-pinion E is held loosely on the shaft A a plate I, supported in place by a pin J, passing through the shaft A. On the plate I are secured a series of downwardly-extendin g rods K, extending to within a short distance of the inside of the brush and each provided with outwardly extending lugs or projections K, adapted to engage the inside of the spittoon or other receptacle at its neck. (See Fig. 1.) The series of rods K also pass throughsuitable openings in the disk L, provided with a hub N, fitted to slide on the shaft A. By moving the disk L downwardly the lower ends of the arms K close, so that the free ends of the arms can be conveniently inserted into the mouth ofthe spittoon or other receptacle, and when so inserted the disk L is moved upward so as to spread the free ends of the arms K apart, thus engaging the neck of the spittoon or other receptable at the inside by the lugs or projections K. The operator by now taking hold of the handle 0 can'conveniently carry the spittoon or other receptacle to one place or another.

When it is desired to clean the spittoon or other receptacle, the operator takes hold of the device at the handle 0,, pushes the brush D into the receptacle, and then turns the handle If so as to revolve the brush Within the receptacle, thus cleaning the same. It will be seen that by this device the spittoon or other receptacle can be conveniently carried from place to place and cleaned by the brush D without the operator soiling hands or dress.

Having thus fullydescribed my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A carrier and cleaner for spittoons, comprising a rotarybrush-carryin g shaft, abrush, and a series of lifting or carrying arms havin g a connecting-plate at their upper ends, through which said shaft loosely passes, the lower ends of the lifting-arms extending adj acent to the brush, substantially as set forth.

2. In a carrier and cleaner, the combination, with a handled frame, of a rotary brush-carrying shaft mounted to turn therein, avplate held loosely on the said shaft, anda series adapted to engage the spittoon or other receptaclc at the neck, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a carrier and cleaner, the combination, with a handled frame, of a shaft mounted to turn therein, a plate held loosely on the said shaft, a series of arms projecting from the said plate and adapted to engage the spittoon or other receptacle at the neck, and a disk mounted to slide on the said shaft and through which pass the said arms, the said disk serving to open and close the arms, substantially as shown and described.

at. In a carrier and cleaner, the combination, with a handled frame, of a shaft mounted to JACOB HUGO R. \VENDEL.

Witnesses:

HORACE G. DURBIN, NIooLAs FEHL. 

